The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-22

the meeting stopped As soon as the order was
given some one threw bomb 1t Is conceded
that none OF the convicted threw4he bomb. The
sories before the fact. There are sixty-eight
counts in the indictment, and these charge the
eight defendants with being present and abet-
ting to, and some OF them say that they
advised and encouraged these lawless acts.
If the defendants advised and encouraged, aided
or abetted in the killing Of the policemen there
fore they are guilty as If they had taken these
mems lives with their own hands. II anv Of
them stood by and saw or aided in the throwing
of the fatal bomb each of the aiders and abettors
are as guilty as him who did the fatal deed Ii
they combined to accomplish such murder by
concerted action the ordinary law OF conspiracy
Is applicable, and the acts and declarations Of
one of them, done in furtherance of the common
design are in CONTAMINATION of law the acts
and declarations Of all This prosecution, how
ever, Is not for conspiracy as substantive
crime. 1t Is charged tina: the defendants were
united and had conspired to do this awful work
and that their common design was fulfilled in
their terrible plot, and the opinion shows that
while not PERHAPS combination Of the same
culpT1ts a desire on the several parts and pur-
poses to accomplish the same ends.
THE QUESTIONS PRESENTED
e :. Did the defendants have Il common pur-
pose or design to murder these police? Did they
combine for that purpose, and was the result of
such combination death to men who were the
guardians of the law? Who made tho bomb
that killed Degen? The bomb was round and
was as big as base ball. SAYS competent wit
knew it was round bomb" The court follows
in the description of the various bombs in use
or known to anarchists and scientists,
mentioning four different varieties of these
destructive compounds. and concluding that
these or the most deadly of them We're made
by Louis Linsg, judging from what had been
found in his possession and his acquaintance
with Wiliam Srliger who was a German car
penter and made his appearance in Chicago in
1885. and who seemed to be an expert in bomb
making. and in March, 1886, brought dynamite
there The court quote some experiments made
by these gentlemen in their peculiar trade, all
of which go to show that these two gent ntlemen
were experts in their business. The evidence
shows that these two men, April 30, 1886, the
Friday before tine haymariet meeting. met, and
Lingg brought to Seliger's house large wooden
box, three feet long and from sixteen to eighteen
inches high, and that it contained dynamite,
and that he uingg) spent that evening in filling
dynsmite into gas pipe and globular shells,
for that purpose, and he was also ASST sted bv
a number OF persons, and Seliger among
them Upwards of fifty bombs were
finished hat afternoon, and it appears to have
been continued till the very evening Of the
Haymarket meeting. The record goes on i'm
plicating Others, especially one Heebner. who
was seen working at some coil tuse and Lingg.
Seliger, Thalen and Herman were frequently
engaged in casting and melting in Seligers
| kitchen Pieces of shells made by Lingg were
subjected to chemical analysis, and were found
To be composed of certain percentage of tin
and the remainder of lead and antimony. iron
and zinc, and out of the four bombs examined
the percentage varied but little. and the pieces
taken from Degens body and those found at
Lingg's after his arrest were of the same COM
| position The evidence goes on to further co =
pllcate Lingg'S connection with this terrible
affair so closely that escape for him would be
impossible After fastening The evidence upon
Lingg's guilt the court asks the question::